feat(devspace): DevSpace + Sandbox + StatefulSet + TopoLVM inception mount (proven on a real cluster)

capd/devspace.local-dev.capd.json

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   "kind": "dev.inner-loop",
   "status": "experimental",
   "name": "SourceOS DevSpace — inner-loop dev-environment",
-  "description": "Nocalhost-style inner-loop over the continuum: an isolated per-user namespace, hot code sync into a running workload, a sidecar dev container, and port-forward + local debug — shortening the modify->result feedback loop. Consumes the control plane; surfaced to humans via the portal and to agents via the MCP ops surface (one governed source, two views).",
+  "description": "Nocalhost-style inner-loop over the continuum: an isolated per-user namespace (DevSpace), Signadot-style header-routed sandboxes that share a baseline, and the agent-machine as a StatefulSet with a per-replica TopoLVM inception mount. Consumes the control plane; surfaced to humans via the portal and to agents via the MCP ops surface (one governed source, two views).",
   "links": {
+    "engine": "tools/devspace.py",
     "portal": "tools/portal_server.py",
     "agent_surface": "tools/mcp_ops_server.py",
-    "reference_pattern": "Nocalhost DevSpace (inner-loop) — met and bettered: sovereign + evidence-emitting"
+    "inception_storage": "deploy/topolvm/ (TopoLVM StorageClass + runbook)",
+    "spec_witness": "docs/PATTERN_INTEGRATION.md",
+    "reference_pattern": "Nocalhost DevSpace + MeshSpace, Signadot sandboxes, StatefulSet + TopoLVM inception mount — met and bettered: sovereign, tenancy-labelled, grant + quota governed, evidence-emitting"
   },
   "composes_with": {
     "control_plane": "caps.infra.paas.continuum-local@0.1.0",

deploy/topolvm/README.md

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+# TopoLVM — the agent-machine inception mount
+
+Per the Edge/Fog design, the agent-machine's persistent **inception mount** (`/var/lib/sourceos/inception`)
+is backed by **TopoLVM**: topology-aware, LVM-backed, node-local persistent volumes. The DevSpace PVC
+and the agent-machine StatefulSet's `volumeClaimTemplates` default to `storageClassName:
+topolvm-provisioner`.
+
+## Why TopoLVM (not local-path / NFS)
+
+- **Node-local + fast** — the inception mount is on the node's SSD via LVM, not a network hop.
+- **Topology-aware** — `WaitForFirstConsumer` schedules the pod to a node that actually has capacity
+  to carve the LV, then binds. No "volume provisioned on the wrong node" failures.
+- **Capacity-aware + expandable** — TopoLVM tracks free VG space per node and reports it to the
+  scheduler; `allowVolumeExpansion: true`.
+
+## Install (production cluster)
+
+TopoLVM needs cert-manager (its webhook) and an LVM volume group on each storage node.
+
+```bash
+# 1. cert-manager (webhook certs)
+kubectl apply -f https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/latest/download/cert-manager.yaml
+
+# 2. on each node: a volume group named to match the device-class (e.g. an SSD VG)
+#    sudo vgcreate ssd-vg /dev/nvme1n1        # real disk in prod
+#    (lab: losetup a sparse file, then vgcreate)
+
+# 3. TopoLVM (Helm) with lvmd pointed at that VG/device-class
+helm repo add topolvm https://topolvm.github.io/topolvm
+helm install topolvm topolvm/topolvm -n topolvm-system --create-namespace \
+  --set lvmd.deviceClasses[0].name=ssd \
+  --set lvmd.deviceClasses[0].volume-group=ssd-vg \
+  --set lvmd.deviceClasses[0].default=true
+
+# 4. the StorageClass the DevSpace + StatefulSet reference
+kubectl apply -f deploy/topolvm/topolvm-storageclass.yaml
+```
+
+## Local (kind/podman) note
+
+A rootless-podman `kind` node has no LVM tooling, so TopoLVM won't provision there. For local proofs
+the DevSpace is created with `storage_class="standard"` (kind's local-path) — the inception mount
+persistence was verified end-to-end that way (write in one pod, read in another). Production is a
+one-field swap back to `topolvm-provisioner`.

deploy/topolvm/topolvm-storageclass.yaml

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+# TopoLVM StorageClass for the agent-machine inception mount (Edge/Fog design).
+#
+# TopoLVM gives topology-aware, LVM-backed, node-local persistent volumes — so the agent-machine's
+# inception mount lives on fast local disk and the pod is scheduled to the node that has capacity
+# (WaitForFirstConsumer). This is the storage class the DevSpace + agent-machine StatefulSet default
+# to (`storage_class="topolvm-provisioner"`).
+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
+kind: StorageClass
+metadata:
+  name: topolvm-provisioner
+  labels:
+    sourceos.io/mount: inception
+provisioner: topolvm.io
+parameters:
+  # bind to a specific LVM device-class/volume-group configured in lvmd on the nodes.
+  "csi.storage.k8s.io/fstype": "xfs"
+  "topolvm.io/device-class": "ssd"
+volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer   # schedule the pod where the LV can be carved
+allowVolumeExpansion: true
+reclaimPolicy: Delete

docs/PATTERN_INTEGRATION.md

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+# Pattern integration register — demonstrated designs vs. our platform
+
+Every pattern from the reference designs (Nocalhost, Signadot, ShellHub, the Edge/Fog↔Cloud-Twin
+K3s design, the 7-layer PaaS, Eclipse/IBM Parallel Environment) mapped to what we have, honestly
+graded. `✅` shipped · `◑` partial · `○` gap (named next step).
+
+## Developer inner loop & environments
+
+| Pattern (source) | Our implementation | Status |
+|---|---|---|
+| **DevSpace** — isolated per-user namespace (Nocalhost) | `devspace.devspace_manifests` — Namespace + ResourceQuota + default-deny NetworkPolicy + inception PVC | ✅ |
+| **User → Space → Application** tenancy (Nocalhost) | `DevSpacePlane` (tenant→space→env), tenancy labels; admission quotas per subject | ✅ |
+| **MeshSpace / Sandbox** — header-routed fork sharing the baseline (Nocalhost MeshSpace, Signadot) | `devspace.sandbox_manifests` — fork Deployment + Istio VirtualService routing `x-sandbox-routing-key` (≡ Nocalhost `uberctx-trace`) | ✅ |
+| **Fast inner loop** — file-sync / port-forward / remote-debug / exec-in-container (Nocalhost Dev Mode) | declared in `caps.dev.devspace-inner-loop`; runtime hot-sync agent | ○ next |
+| **KubeConfig connect, any cluster** (Nocalhost) | executor honours an explicit `SOURCEOS_KUBE_CONTEXT` (never the current context) | ✅ |
+| **Deploy Helm/Kustomize/YAML** (Nocalhost) | executor emits YAML/JSON manifests; Helm/Kustomize adapters | ◑ |
+
+## Stateful & storage
+
+| Pattern | Our implementation | Status |
+|---|---|---|
+| **StatefulSet** — stable identity + per-replica storage (k8s framework for stateful apps) | `devspace.agent_machine_statefulset` — headless Service + `volumeClaimTemplates` | ✅ |
+| **TopoLVM inception mount** — node-local LVM PV for the agent-machine (Edge/Fog `PersistentVolumes TopoLVM`) | `INCEPTION_MOUNT_PATH` + PVC/volumeClaimTemplates on `topolvm-provisioner`; `deploy/topolvm/`; persistence proven on a real cluster | ✅ |
+| **Volumes vs bind-mounts vs tmpfs** (Docker storage) | inception mount = a persistent **volume** (PVC), not a bind/writable-layer — survives pod death | ✅ |
+| **Operator pattern** — CRD + controller for stateful lifecycle | `control_loop` is a governed reconciler; a real `AgentMachine` CRD + operator | ○ next |
+
+## Compute fabric & jobs (IBM Parallel Environment / HPC Toolkit)
+
+| Pattern | Our implementation | Status |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Placement across substrates** (LoadLeveler/SLURM-style) | `compute_plane.place` over local/k8s/hpc-slurm/wasm/p2p/volunteer/blockchain | ✅ |
+| **Batch job** | `Job` (k8s, real) / `sbatch` (slurm) | ✅ k8s · ○ slurm submit |
+| **Parallel / MPI job (N ranks)** — the POE pattern | Indexed `Job` (k8s) / `--ntasks` MPI + `--array` (slurm) | ○ **next unit** |
+| **Real SLURM submission** | today: placement + descriptor only (`DescriptorAdapter`); real `sbatch`/`srun`/MPI adapter | ○ **next unit** |
+| **Edge/Fog K3s ↔ Cloud Twin sync** over intermittent links (LAN/WAN/sneakernet) | mesh telemetry + hyperswarm scale-up capability; real twin-sync + S3 export | ◑ |
+
+## Reach, governance, evidence
+
+| Pattern | Our implementation | Status |
+|---|---|---|
+| **SSH gateway to a device fleet** (ShellHub: Server + Agents on computer/device/container/server) | cloud-shell fog: Edge Gateway + HyperSwarm discovery + Grant-bound attach; a ShellHub-style agent per node | ◑ |
+| **7-layer PaaS** (UX→Object Store→Derived→Vendor→Retrieval→Policy→Tool-runtime) | knowledge commons (canonical + derived + provenance), MCP surface (tool runtime), promotion gate (policy) | ◑ |
+| **Governed connector calls** (Gemini/OpenAI/Claude Files APIs — materialize→handle→dispatch→result) | the SAME governed dispatch as a compute job: a `connector` effect through grant + executor | ○ **next unit** |
+| **Append-only audit ledger** (every diagram) | sealed receipts (`artifacts/`), MCP-A2A ledger conformance | ✅ |
+
+## What this establishes
+
+The compute mesh + grants + admission is the **governance & scale-out substrate**; the DevSpace/
+Sandbox/StatefulSet plane is the **environment & stateful substrate**. The two open frontiers that
+would make the HPC/connector story first-class are one unit: **parallel/MPI jobs (Indexed Job +
+real SLURM) and connector-call-as-dispatch** — unifying "run a job" and "call a connector" under one
+`Grant`-gated executor. That is the codification the IBM Parallel Environment pattern is asking for.

tools/devspace.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""DevSpace + Sandbox plane — governed, isolated, ephemeral developer environments.
+
+Synthesizes three demonstrated patterns into one governed plane, emitting real, appliable k8s
+manifests:
+
+  * Nocalhost DevSpace — an isolated per-user namespace with its own quota and default-deny network
+    isolation; the home for the fast inner loop (file-sync / port-forward / remote-debug).
+  * The Nocalhost User/Space tenancy model — Workspace/Tenant -> Space -> Application, each space
+    isolated and labelled.
+  * Signadot sandboxes — a request-routed ephemeral FORK of a baseline workload. Instead of
+    duplicating the whole stack, a sandbox shares the baseline cluster and a routing header
+    (`x-sandbox-routing-key`) sends only matching requests to the fork; everything else hits
+    baseline. That's how you test one changed service against the real rest-of-system, cheaply.
+
+Every environment is tenancy-labelled, quota-bounded (composes with `admission`), and Grant-labelled
+(composes with `mcp_a2a_grant`) — so who owns it, what it may consume, and under what authority are
+all first-class.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+
+
+# The agent-machine's persistent writable FS seam ("inception mount"), backed by a PVC. Per the
+# Edge/Fog design this is a TopoLVM volume — topology-aware, LVM-backed local storage, so the
+# agent-machine's state lives on fast node-local disk and follows the node it's scheduled to.
+INCEPTION_MOUNT_PATH = "/var/lib/sourceos/inception"
+INCEPTION_PVC = "inception-mount"
+DEFAULT_STORAGE_CLASS = "topolvm-provisioner"
+
+
+def _slug(*parts: str) -> str:
+    s = "-".join(p for p in parts if p)
+    s = re.sub(r"[^a-z0-9-]", "-", s.lower()).strip("-")
+    return re.sub(r"-+", "-", s)[:63]
+
+
+def devspace_manifests(*, tenant: str, user: str, space: str, quota: dict | None = None,
+                       grant_id: str | None = None, inception_storage: str = "10Gi",
+                       storage_class: str = DEFAULT_STORAGE_CLASS) -> list[dict]:
+    """Nocalhost-style DevSpace: an isolated per-user Namespace + ResourceQuota + default-deny
+    NetworkPolicy + the agent-machine's persistent **inception mount** (a TopoLVM-backed PVC)."""
+    ns_name = "ds-" + _slug(tenant, user, space)
+    labels = {"sourceos.io/tenant": tenant, "sourceos.io/user": user, "sourceos.io/space": space,
+              "sourceos.io/kind": "devspace"}
+    if grant_id:
+        labels["sourceos.io/grant-id"] = grant_id
+    quota = quota or {"pods": "10", "requests.cpu": "4", "requests.memory": "8Gi",
+                      "limits.cpu": "8", "limits.memory": "16Gi"}
+    return [
+        {"apiVersion": "v1", "kind": "Namespace", "metadata": {"name": ns_name, "labels": labels}},
+        {"apiVersion": "v1", "kind": "ResourceQuota",
+         "metadata": {"name": "devspace-quota", "namespace": ns_name, "labels": labels},
+         "spec": {"hard": quota}},
+        {"apiVersion": "networking.k8s.io/v1", "kind": "NetworkPolicy",
+         "metadata": {"name": "devspace-isolation", "namespace": ns_name, "labels": labels},
+         "spec": {"podSelector": {}, "policyTypes": ["Ingress"],
+                  "ingress": [{"from": [{"podSelector": {}}]}]}},  # only same-DevSpace ingress
+        {"apiVersion": "v1", "kind": "PersistentVolumeClaim",
+         "metadata": {"name": INCEPTION_PVC, "namespace": ns_name,
+                      "labels": {**labels, "sourceos.io/mount": "inception"}},
+         "spec": {"accessModes": ["ReadWriteOnce"], "storageClassName": storage_class,
+                  "resources": {"requests": {"storage": inception_storage}}}},
+    ]
+
+
+def sandbox_manifests(*, baseline: str, image: str, routing_key: str, namespace: str,
+                      grant_id: str | None = None, port: int = 8080,
+                      command: str | None = None) -> list[dict]:
+    """Signadot-style sandbox: a FORK Deployment of `baseline`, plus an Istio VirtualService that
+    routes requests carrying `x-sandbox-routing-key: <routing_key>` to the fork and everything else
+    to the baseline — so the sandbox shares the cluster instead of duplicating the stack."""
+    fork = _slug(baseline, "sbx", routing_key)
+    labels = {"sourceos.io/kind": "sandbox", "sourceos.io/baseline": baseline,
+              "sourceos.io/routing-key": routing_key}
+    if grant_id:
+        labels["sourceos.io/grant-id"] = grant_id
+    container = {"name": "app", "image": image, "ports": [{"containerPort": port}]}
+    if command:
+        import shlex
+        container["command"] = shlex.split(command)
+    deploy = {
+        "apiVersion": "apps/v1", "kind": "Deployment",
+        "metadata": {"name": fork, "namespace": namespace, "labels": labels},
+        "spec": {"replicas": 1, "selector": {"matchLabels": {"app": fork}},
+                 "template": {"metadata": {"labels": {**labels, "app": fork}},
+                              "spec": {"containers": [container]}}},
+    }
+    vs = {
+        "apiVersion": "networking.istio.io/v1beta1", "kind": "VirtualService",
+        "metadata": {"name": _slug(baseline, "sandbox-route"), "namespace": namespace, "labels": labels},
+        "spec": {"hosts": [baseline],
+                 "http": [
+                     {"name": f"sandbox-{routing_key}",
+                      "match": [{"headers": {"x-sandbox-routing-key": {"exact": routing_key}}}],
+                      "route": [{"destination": {"host": fork}}]},
+                     {"name": "baseline", "route": [{"destination": {"host": baseline}}]},
+                 ]},
+    }
+    return [deploy, vs]
+
+
+def agent_machine_statefulset(*, name: str, tenant: str, space: str, namespace: str,
+                              image: str = "busybox:1.36", replicas: int = 1,
+                              storage_class: str = DEFAULT_STORAGE_CLASS, storage: str = "10Gi",
+                              command: str | None = None, grant_id: str | None = None,
+                              port: int = 8080) -> list[dict]:
+    """The agent-machine as a STATEFUL app — the right k8s primitive for a long-lived workload that
+    keeps state. A StatefulSet gives each replica a stable identity and, via `volumeClaimTemplates`,
+    its OWN persistent inception mount (on TopoLVM) that follows it across reschedules; a headless
+    Service gives stable network identity. This is what Jobs/Deployments can't do."""
+    sname = _slug(name)
+    labels = {"sourceos.io/kind": "agent-machine", "sourceos.io/tenant": tenant,
+              "sourceos.io/space": space, "app": sname}
+    if grant_id:
+        labels["sourceos.io/grant-id"] = grant_id
+    container = {"name": "agent-machine", "image": image,
+                 "ports": [{"containerPort": port}],
+                 "resources": {"requests": {"cpu": "100m", "memory": "128Mi"},
+                               "limits": {"cpu": "100m", "memory": "128Mi"}},
+                 "volumeMounts": [{"name": "inception", "mountPath": INCEPTION_MOUNT_PATH}]}
+    if command:
+        import shlex
+        container["command"] = shlex.split(command)
+    svc = {"apiVersion": "v1", "kind": "Service",
+           "metadata": {"name": sname, "namespace": namespace, "labels": labels},
+           "spec": {"clusterIP": "None", "selector": {"app": sname},
+                    "ports": [{"port": port, "name": "agent"}]}}
+    sts = {"apiVersion": "apps/v1", "kind": "StatefulSet",
+           "metadata": {"name": sname, "namespace": namespace, "labels": labels},
+           "spec": {"serviceName": sname, "replicas": replicas,
+                    "selector": {"matchLabels": {"app": sname}},
+                    "template": {"metadata": {"labels": labels}, "spec": {"containers": [container]}},
+                    "volumeClaimTemplates": [
+                        {"metadata": {"name": "inception", "labels": {"sourceos.io/mount": "inception"}},
+                         "spec": {"accessModes": ["ReadWriteOnce"], "storageClassName": storage_class,
+                                  "resources": {"requests": {"storage": storage}}}}]}}
+    return [svc, sts]
+
+
+class DevSpacePlane:
+    """The User/Space tenancy model: a tenant owns spaces; a space holds devspaces + sandboxes."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._registry: dict[str, dict] = {}
+
+    def provision_devspace(self, *, tenant, user, space, quota=None, grant_id=None) -> dict:
+        manifests = devspace_manifests(tenant=tenant, user=user, space=space, quota=quota, grant_id=grant_id)
+        ns = manifests[0]["metadata"]["name"]
+        rec = {"kind": "devspace", "tenant": tenant, "user": user, "space": space,
+               "namespace": ns, "manifests": manifests}
+        self._registry[ns] = rec
+        return rec
+
+    def provision_sandbox(self, *, tenant, space, baseline, image, routing_key, namespace,
+                          grant_id=None, command=None) -> dict:
+        manifests = sandbox_manifests(baseline=baseline, image=image, routing_key=routing_key,
+                                      namespace=namespace, grant_id=grant_id, command=command)
+        key = f"{namespace}/{baseline}#{routing_key}"
+        rec = {"kind": "sandbox", "tenant": tenant, "space": space, "baseline": baseline,
+               "routing_key": routing_key, "namespace": namespace, "manifests": manifests}
+        self._registry[key] = rec
+        return rec
+
+    def environments(self, *, tenant=None) -> list[dict]:
+        return [r for r in self._registry.values() if tenant is None or r["tenant"] == tenant]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import json
+    plane = DevSpacePlane()
+    ds = plane.provision_devspace(tenant="acme", user="alice", space="feature-x")
+    sb = plane.provision_sandbox(tenant="acme", space="feature-x", baseline="productpage",
+                                 image="acme/productpage:pr-42", routing_key="pr-42",
+                                 namespace=ds["namespace"])
+    print(json.dumps({"devspace_namespace": ds["namespace"],
+                      "devspace_kinds": [m["kind"] for m in ds["manifests"]],
+                      "sandbox_fork": sb["manifests"][0]["metadata"]["name"],
+                      "routing": sb["manifests"][1]["spec"]["http"][0]["match"]}, indent=2))